From Montezuma oropendola to Gila woodpecker: 5 birds with the most unique nests

Here is a look at five bird species that build some of the world’s most unusual nests, ranging from clay ovens to woven ...
The Conversation

Birds’ nests express their unique style and past experiences

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Yahoo

Biologist stunned by unusual materials found packed inside bird nest: 'The oldest layer is as old as me'

Researchers in Amsterdam have discovered that Eurasian coots are building nests using plastic waste dating back decades. One nest contained 635 artificial items, including a 1994 FIFA World Cup ...
Yahoo

New 'hybrid' hummingbird with unusual glittering gold feathers puzzles scientists

When researchers found a hummingbird with glittering gold feathers, they initially thought a new species had been discovered, but what they actually found was far more unusual. The bird — found in ...
Rutland Herald

The Outside Story: Cowbirds lay their eggs in other birds’ nests

Black birds with a greenish sheen and brown heads sometimes visit my yard during spring migration. These are male brown-headed cowbirds, and they often arrive in mixed flocks of red-winged blackbirds ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Smith: Great-horned owl picks an unusual spot for a nest in West Bend

WEST BEND – Last year it grew geraniums. This year the red flower pot on Christine and John Moczynski's fourth-floor balcony in West Bend is hosting a very different kind of life. "Isn't she beautiful ...